Esg Data Analyst : Esg Newsroom Job in Institutional Shareholder Services Inc

E&S Data Stewardship is ISS data hub, which designs data catalogues and consolidates environmental & social data on companies across major global indices. We are currently seeking an ESG data analyst for our ESG Newsroom unit. The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in the media, a solid grounding in ESG, the ability to assess and validate alternative ESG data and to work with our AI/ML and NLP experts on continued enhancements of news capture and indexing.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the press, NGO and government sources for ESG news and corporate controversies

• Identify alternative, non-corporate sources to supplement, complement and compare corporate ESG data

• Participate in and contribute to team processes focused on strengthening ISS ESG product offering

• Participate in maintaining and developing methodology and processes to capture salient ESG news

• Cooperate with data science teams to conceptualize and build out AI/ML and NLP news capture and indexing

• Participate in analyzing ESG news data and writing a summary of trending news stories for the weekly newsletter

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s Degree (in a relevant field such as Business Analytics, Environmental Science, Journalism, ESG or Sustainability)

• A Master s degree would be an advantage

• 0 to 3 years of experience in research, and analysis skills in evaluating ESG data

• Excellent command of English; additional languages are an asset

• Strong interest in business and finance

• Advanced use of Excel. Experience with Data Mining and Data Analysis technologies and language, including R, Python, Pandas, Jupyter Notebook, Matplotlib, is desirable but not required

• Attention to detail, and methodical and thorough approach to work

• Proven writing skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work towards deadlines, manage tasks and prioritise

• A desire to show initiative

• A drive for constant improvement of processes

Note:

• Interested applicants should include acover letter along with the CV in English in a single file (PDF or MS Word).

• Applications without a cover letter will not be taken into consideration.

We offer a hybrid work schedule of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

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